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England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring R skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited R over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 176 | 213 | 213 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +37 | 0 | +41 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 21 | 40 | 44 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.50% | 0.51% | 0.74% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.28% | 2.02% | 2.09% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 14 | 36 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £30,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £44,750 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £53,594 | £55,000 | £40,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.56% | +37.50% | -22.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £59,375 | £80,000 | £53,438 |
| 90th Percentile | £61,250 | £83,750 | £59,125 |
| England median annual salary | £62,000 | £62,500 | £62,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.80% | - | +4.17% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 923 | 1,977 | 2,104 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 22.07% | 25.05% | 35.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 591 | 1,677 | 1,172 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £31,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £40,000 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £65,000 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £76,250 | £75,772 | £77,500 |
| England median annual salary | £60,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | +4.00% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing R as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing R in the West Midlands.
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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
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Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | +30 | 8 | £45,000 | -40.00% | 8 |
| Staffordshire | +29 | 8 | £53,688 | +7.38% | 10 |
| Coventry | - | 3 | £57,500 | - | 1 |
| Warwickshire | +3 | 1 | £55,000 | - | 1 |
| R England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: